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The QC, Vol. 78, No. 23 • April 2, 1992

1992_04_02_p001

INSIDE: ALCOHOL & COLLEGE STUDENTS *
QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
Volume LXXVIII, Number 23
April 2,1992
INSIDE THE
QUAKER CAMPUS
NEWS
NERHOOD AWARD
Irene Carlyle, professor of
Speech Pathology, received
this year's Harry W.
Nerhood Teaching
Excellence Award at
Monday's Convocation
ceremony.
Page 4.
ARTS & ENT
OSCAR NIGHT
Arts and Entertainment
Editor Jenny Colville
discusses the recent
Academy Awards ceremony
and its impact on Hollywood
and the general public.
Page 8.
SPORTS
STILL UNRANKED
The Whittier College men's
lacrosse team is 11-0 and
has won 32 games in a
row, but was again left out
of the Division III Top 20
poll.
Page 12.
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL & COLLEGE
A four-page special section
on alcohol and college
students is featured for
Alcohol Awarness Week.
Stories include: drunk
driving, college alcohol
policies, Alcoholics
Anonymous, and students'
favorite drinks.
Pages 1A-4A.
INDEX
News
Editorial
Viewpoint
Comics
Arts & Ent.
Sports
Supplement
Classifieds
1, 4-6
2
3
7
8-9
10-12
1A-4A
4A
Marks Resigns as Dean of Faculty
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
In a memo released to the
College faculty and staff on
March 25, President James Ash
announced the resignation of
Robert Marks from the position
of Dean of Faculty and Vice
President of Academic Affairs.
The resignation will be
effective as of July 1, according
to the memo.
Marks said that about a
month ago he "experienced an
epiphany" regarding the
direction ofhis career. "Others
had been asking me to consider
alternative career goals, but I
sat down and thought about
what it is that I really enjoy," he
said.
"I found that I enjoy being an
effective faculty member. I love
teaching and that's what I want
to do.
"I want to do it at Whittier
College, an institution for which
I have high regard. I have
invested a great deal of myself
in (Whittier), and I wish to
continue to serve (here)," he said.
Ash said that he knew about
Marks decision two or three
weeks before the official
announcement was made. "I
was hoping to change his mind,
but I respect his decision," Ash
said.
In the memo, Ash said that
when he arrived at the College
three years ago as president,
Marks "agreed to remain in his
administrative position...for at
least two or three years." Marks
fulfilled this agreement, but
could not be persuaded to remain
for another year.
"I did not know the decision
would be made at this time,"
Ash said. "But his first love is
scholarship and teaching."
Marks will be on leave during
the 1992-93 academic year,
during which time he will be
involved in several projects
including a book manuscript on
18th century Chinese history,
the revision of a college textbook
on world history on which he
collaborated in the late 1980s,
and the telling of "the story of
the changes at Whittier College
in terms of the curriculum that
have occurred over the last 10
years" in either an article or as a
chapter of a book.
After his leave next year,
Marks plans to return to the
history department as a
professor of Asian history, a
position he held thre years ago
before he was named Dean of
Faculty.
Furman Named
Marks' Successor
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
Wendy Furman, professor of English, will
succeed Robert Marks as Dean of Faculty and
Vice President of Academic Affairs for one year
during which time a faculty committee will
conduct a national search for a permanent
replacement.
Furman said that she was "surprised, but
not shocked" by her appointment as Dean of
Faculty because, she said, "I've been on the
Faculty Executive Council (FEC) as its vice-
chair for two years, and I've been involved (on
campus)." Furman has been on several
committees since she began at the College in
1981 in addition to being a member of the FEC.
Furman is the first woman to hold the
Please see FURMAN on page 5.
Wong Faces Final
Year at College
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
Due to Robert Marks' resignation as Dean of
Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs
and his subsequent decision to return to the
history department, Tom Wong, professor of
history, will be released after the 1992-93
academic year, according to Donald Breese,
history department chair.
"Dr. Wong cannot be retained because the
history department is not large enough to
accommodate two professors of Asian history,"
Breese said.
Wong said that he expresses all ofhis feelings
"without rancor" but he is "very sad to leave the
College because (he) has invested a lot of
(him)self in the institution and has become
Please see WONG on page 5.
Jewish Students
Educate Campus
Rick Eaton, from the Simon WiesenthaJ Center,
kicked off Jewish Awareness Week with a
discussion on Holocaust Revisionists. According
to Eaton, these revisionists believe the Holocaust
never happened. Tonight Rabbi Gordon, from
Alhai eak oil"
7:30 p.m. in Hoover
Tuition Increases Five
Percent for Next Year
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
The College Board of
Trustees has approved a tuition
and room and board fee increase
of approximately five percent for
the 1992-93 school year, Harold
Hewitt, Vice President of
Business and Finance, said.
The five percent increase is
lower than in past years, Hewi tt
said, because the College
recognized the fact that the
American economy is sagging.
"(The increase) was low
primarily out of consideration
for what's going on in the
economic environment," he said.
"It's tempting to charge a lot
more, but everybody recognizes
that these are financially hard
times."
The increase will set tuition
at $14,878.50, while room and
board charges will vary,
depending on occupancy (single,
double, and triple occupancy will
beavailablenextyear),residence
halls versus small housing, and
meal plan numbers.
Please see TUITION on page 5.
Acropolis Policy Altered
By Adam Webster
Copy Editor
Due to some objections by various campus constituencies
Acropolis editor Rob Kessler, has changed his editorial policy,
which designates who appears in the yearbook, to include any
organization that has been in existence for at least five years, has
at least 10 active members, and all members must be students.
Kessler sai d: "Student organizations that are not recognized by
the Administration deserve the right to be in the yearbook if they
meet certain requirements."
These requirements were arrived at through arguments
presented to Kessler by a number of people. His previous editorial
policy stated that if the group was not recognized by the College, it
could not appear in the yearbook.
This policy was made in order to avoid having to make decisions
Please see POLICY on page 4.

INSIDE: ALCOHOL & COLLEGE STUDENTS *
QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
Volume LXXVIII, Number 23
April 2,1992
INSIDE THE
QUAKER CAMPUS
NEWS
NERHOOD AWARD
Irene Carlyle, professor of
Speech Pathology, received
this year's Harry W.
Nerhood Teaching
Excellence Award at
Monday's Convocation
ceremony.
Page 4.
ARTS & ENT
OSCAR NIGHT
Arts and Entertainment
Editor Jenny Colville
discusses the recent
Academy Awards ceremony
and its impact on Hollywood
and the general public.
Page 8.
SPORTS
STILL UNRANKED
The Whittier College men's
lacrosse team is 11-0 and
has won 32 games in a
row, but was again left out
of the Division III Top 20
poll.
Page 12.
ALCOHOL
ALCOHOL & COLLEGE
A four-page special section
on alcohol and college
students is featured for
Alcohol Awarness Week.
Stories include: drunk
driving, college alcohol
policies, Alcoholics
Anonymous, and students'
favorite drinks.
Pages 1A-4A.
INDEX
News
Editorial
Viewpoint
Comics
Arts & Ent.
Sports
Supplement
Classifieds
1, 4-6
2
3
7
8-9
10-12
1A-4A
4A
Marks Resigns as Dean of Faculty
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
In a memo released to the
College faculty and staff on
March 25, President James Ash
announced the resignation of
Robert Marks from the position
of Dean of Faculty and Vice
President of Academic Affairs.
The resignation will be
effective as of July 1, according
to the memo.
Marks said that about a
month ago he "experienced an
epiphany" regarding the
direction ofhis career. "Others
had been asking me to consider
alternative career goals, but I
sat down and thought about
what it is that I really enjoy," he
said.
"I found that I enjoy being an
effective faculty member. I love
teaching and that's what I want
to do.
"I want to do it at Whittier
College, an institution for which
I have high regard. I have
invested a great deal of myself
in (Whittier), and I wish to
continue to serve (here)," he said.
Ash said that he knew about
Marks decision two or three
weeks before the official
announcement was made. "I
was hoping to change his mind,
but I respect his decision," Ash
said.
In the memo, Ash said that
when he arrived at the College
three years ago as president,
Marks "agreed to remain in his
administrative position...for at
least two or three years." Marks
fulfilled this agreement, but
could not be persuaded to remain
for another year.
"I did not know the decision
would be made at this time,"
Ash said. "But his first love is
scholarship and teaching."
Marks will be on leave during
the 1992-93 academic year,
during which time he will be
involved in several projects
including a book manuscript on
18th century Chinese history,
the revision of a college textbook
on world history on which he
collaborated in the late 1980s,
and the telling of "the story of
the changes at Whittier College
in terms of the curriculum that
have occurred over the last 10
years" in either an article or as a
chapter of a book.
After his leave next year,
Marks plans to return to the
history department as a
professor of Asian history, a
position he held thre years ago
before he was named Dean of
Faculty.
Furman Named
Marks' Successor
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
Wendy Furman, professor of English, will
succeed Robert Marks as Dean of Faculty and
Vice President of Academic Affairs for one year
during which time a faculty committee will
conduct a national search for a permanent
replacement.
Furman said that she was "surprised, but
not shocked" by her appointment as Dean of
Faculty because, she said, "I've been on the
Faculty Executive Council (FEC) as its vice-
chair for two years, and I've been involved (on
campus)." Furman has been on several
committees since she began at the College in
1981 in addition to being a member of the FEC.
Furman is the first woman to hold the
Please see FURMAN on page 5.
Wong Faces Final
Year at College
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
Due to Robert Marks' resignation as Dean of
Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs
and his subsequent decision to return to the
history department, Tom Wong, professor of
history, will be released after the 1992-93
academic year, according to Donald Breese,
history department chair.
"Dr. Wong cannot be retained because the
history department is not large enough to
accommodate two professors of Asian history,"
Breese said.
Wong said that he expresses all ofhis feelings
"without rancor" but he is "very sad to leave the
College because (he) has invested a lot of
(him)self in the institution and has become
Please see WONG on page 5.
Jewish Students
Educate Campus
Rick Eaton, from the Simon WiesenthaJ Center,
kicked off Jewish Awareness Week with a
discussion on Holocaust Revisionists. According
to Eaton, these revisionists believe the Holocaust
never happened. Tonight Rabbi Gordon, from
Alhai eak oil"
7:30 p.m. in Hoover
Tuition Increases Five
Percent for Next Year
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
The College Board of
Trustees has approved a tuition
and room and board fee increase
of approximately five percent for
the 1992-93 school year, Harold
Hewitt, Vice President of
Business and Finance, said.
The five percent increase is
lower than in past years, Hewi tt
said, because the College
recognized the fact that the
American economy is sagging.
"(The increase) was low
primarily out of consideration
for what's going on in the
economic environment," he said.
"It's tempting to charge a lot
more, but everybody recognizes
that these are financially hard
times."
The increase will set tuition
at $14,878.50, while room and
board charges will vary,
depending on occupancy (single,
double, and triple occupancy will
beavailablenextyear),residence
halls versus small housing, and
meal plan numbers.
Please see TUITION on page 5.
Acropolis Policy Altered
By Adam Webster
Copy Editor
Due to some objections by various campus constituencies
Acropolis editor Rob Kessler, has changed his editorial policy,
which designates who appears in the yearbook, to include any
organization that has been in existence for at least five years, has
at least 10 active members, and all members must be students.
Kessler sai d: "Student organizations that are not recognized by
the Administration deserve the right to be in the yearbook if they
meet certain requirements."
These requirements were arrived at through arguments
presented to Kessler by a number of people. His previous editorial
policy stated that if the group was not recognized by the College, it
could not appear in the yearbook.
This policy was made in order to avoid having to make decisions
Please see POLICY on page 4.